<!-- Extract the version number from a file and put it in a property called version --><!-- where you can use it to create filenames etc. --><!-- Author John B. Matthews --><loadfile srcfile="${my.path}/MyFile.java" property="version"><filterchain><linecontainsregexp><!-- Find the line containing String VERSION = "xxx"; --><regexp pattern='^.*String VERSION = ".*";.*$'/></linecontainsregexp><tokenfilter><!-- Extract just the version number from the line --><replaceregex replace='\1' pattern='^.*String VERSION = "(.*)";.*$'/></tokenfilter><striplinebreaks/></filterchain></loadfile>